21 Facts About Maksim Saburov

Maksim Zakharovich Saburov was a Soviet engineer, economist and politician, three-time Chairman of Gosplan and later First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union.

Maksim Saburov was involved in the Anti-Party Group's attempt to displace Nikita Khrushchev in 1957.

Maksim Saburov joined the Communist Party in 1920, serving in a detachment with the aim of suppressing resistance to the Communist regime.

Maksim Saburov attended the Sverdlov Communist University between 1923 and 1926, then studied to become an engineer at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Moscow.

Between 1921 and 1926, Maksim Saburov was Secretary of the Bachmut Komsomol Committee, and then that of the Kostiantynivka raion.

Between 1926 and 1928, Maksim Saburov was a propagandist working in the Donets region.

In 1940, Maksim Saburov became First Deputy Chairman of Gosplan, the committee responsible for planning the Soviet economy, giving him wide-ranging powers over the Soviet economic apparatus, marking the beginning of the most notable period of his career in the Party.

In 1947, Maksim Saburov became a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and in 1952 he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU.

Maksim Saburov served in the Presidium of this body until 1957, and he left the Committee in 1961.

Maksim Saburov had a brief period in power here until 1942, when he was superseded by his predecessor Nikolai Voznesensky.

Maksim Saburov was relegated to a Deputy Chairman of Gosplan in 1946.

In 1949 Maksim Saburov was made Chairman of Gosplan .

Maksim Saburov was partly responsible for the reconstruction of the Soviet Union after the Second World War: agricultural production in 1950 was barely above the 1940 level.

The Plan, which Maksim Saburov co-ordinated as the Chairman of Gosplan, succeeded in increasing coal production by 12 million tons, oil production by over 30 million tons, and electricity production by nearly 80 billion kW.

Maksim Saburov was temporarily displaced from his position as Chairman in 1953, shortly after the death of Stalin, by Grigory Kosyachenko for a period of three months; however, many sources, such as Utechin, leave out this brief interlude in favour of Maksim Saburov having two terms.

Under this short period of time, Maksim Saburov was Minister of Machinery.

Maksim Saburov was responsible for helping to plan the Sixth Five-Year Plan, which would last from 1956 to 1961.

Maksim Saburov was removed as Chairman in 1955, becoming First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and so the Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union.

Maksim Saburov was made Chairman of the State Economic Commission for Short-Term Planning until 1956, when he was criticized for the Sixth Five-Year Plan, which was unprecedently sent back to the planners for revision.

Maksim Saburov was responsible for using hard figures rather than percentages in the Five-Year Plan for the first time, giving the plan more meaning for experts.

Maksim Saburov, being a friend of Malenkov, was implicated in the coup attempt and removed from his position as First Deputy Premier.